Democracy: The great equalizer?
22 October 2019 |
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Milind Deora, Former Union Minister of State & Member of Parliament, Government of India and Dr. Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch, Village Soda, Rajasthan of India in conversation with Bloomberg's Nisid Hajari at the Bloomberg Equality Summit in Mumbai.
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